From Eden Book.
n.p.: Maya Quarto, [1969]. 4to. Pamphlet. First edition. One of 50 numbered copies signed by the author. Published as No. 4 in the Maya Quartos series. Designed and printed by Clifford Burke at the Cranium Press. Fine. More
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Henry Miller: A Book of Tributes 1931-1994, Writers Three: A Literary Exchange (all 3 limitations), & Henry Miller: A Personal Archive.
Ann Arbor, Orlando & Paris: Roger Jackson, Craig Standish & Alyscamps Press, 1994-1995. 5 volumes. Hardbound in cloth-covered boards, two volumes issued with dust jackets. First editions. One of only 8 numbered sets with two books in special illustrated dust jackets all enclosed in a burlap and illustrated paper-covered slipcase... More
Reflections on the Maurizius Case.
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1974. 16mo. Hardbound, issued without dust jacket. First edition, variant white cloth binding (preceded by gray cloth). One of 275 numbered copies signed by Miller. Very fine. More
Marilyn Minter from Six by Six (6 x 6) Set Six.
[Portland]: Nazraeli, [2016]. Folio. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Limited to 100 signed numbered copies with an original 11" x 14" signed numbered print laid in. Originally issued as part of the set Six by Six: Set Six but here offered separately. As new. More
Original untitled engraving.
n.p.:n.p., [1938]. One of Miro's fanciful creatures floats amidst a shining sun and some abstract shapes. Printed in dark red and blue. Issued in the French art magazine XXe Siecle No. 4, Christmas 1938, but here offered separately. Fine in its original state with the edges untrimmed leaving the publisher's... More
Handbill issued by Up Against the Wall Motherfuckers (a.k.a the Motherfuckers) printing a scathing attack on politics and politicians.
NY: The Motherfuckers, 1968. 4to. "We Don't Give A Goddamn If Johnson Lives Or Dies. If Kennedy Is Or Isn't. We Have Nothing To Do With Them Or Their Politics Except As Objects To Be Destroyed. They Are Cowboys and Yankees. We Are Indians (And This Time We Win). Celebrate... More
Silk-screen poster printing a lovely multi-color portrait of Joyce Carol Oates by Erik Zeefdruk.
n.p.: Privately published, 1982. Beneath the portrait is printed: "Black Sparrow Press Poetry Project Joyce Carol Oates." One of only 20 numbered copies signed by the artist, this copy is also inscribed to Black Sparrow Press publisher John Martin and his wife Barbara. Fine ( 25.5" x 17.75"). More
Silk-screen poster printing a lovely multi-color portrait of Joyce Carol Oates by Erik Zeefdruk.
n.p.: Privately published, 1982. Beneath the portrait is printed: "Black Sparrow Press Poetry Project Joyce Carol Oates." One of only 20 numbered copies signed by the artist. In the corner the artist has written "Thanks Joyce Carol Oates" though not a presentation to her. Fine ( 25.5" x 17.75"). More
The Collected Works of Billy the Kid.
[Toronto]: Anansi, 1970. Softbound (issued simultaneously with the cloth edition). First edition, first issue (without the announcement of Governor-General's Award on front cover). Briefly inscribed by the author. Fine. More
Op Deck 2: A Visual De-Education Kit.
n.p.:n.p., [1967]. Berkeley: Print Mint, 1967. Envelope with op-art motif containing 5 clear plastic sheets printed in color with a geometric op-art pattern. Shuffle "the deck" to create different combinations of psychedelic, optical designs. Sixties headshop item intended for stoners. Slight wave to the plastic sheets, else fine in very... More
Babywhipland.
SF: Auerhahn Press, 1961. 16mo. Folding broadside poem. First edition. Limited to 350 copies. Couple of stray marks to verso, else fine. Scarce, early Auerhahn item. More
Orchards, Thrones & Caravans.
[SF]: The Print Workshop, [1952]. Square 16mo. Softbound, issued in dust jacket. First edition. The "Vellum Edition," one of 120 numbered copies signed by Patchen. A lovely production hand-printed on hand-made Curfew paper. This copy belonged to Black Sparrow publisher John Martin and it has his tiny label in the... More
Poemscapes and A Letter to God.
[NY]: New Directions, [1958]. First edition thus, a trade Paperback Original. Presentation copy inscribed to fellow poet, Ben Tibbs: "for Ben Tibbs with all friendly good wishes Kenneth Patchen November 1966." Fine. More
When We Were Here Together.
Norfolk: New Directions, 1957. Square 8vo. Hardbound in hand-painted boards with a piece of painted silver foil affixed to the front cover. First edition. One of 75 signed numbered copies with an original painting by Patchen on both the front and back covers (covers brightly colored in primarily yellow, orange... More
Flyer for Walt Phillips' 1960 surf film, Surf Mania.
n.p.: Privately published, 1960. Features a photo of a surfer riding a wave printed in blueish-green against a white background. The filmmaker would personally narrate the film when it was screened at various small venues. Scarce ephemera from earliest days of the surfing scene. Very fine (approx. 6.25" x 6.5"). More
The Cantos of Ezra Pound 110-116.
NY: Fuck You Press, 1967. 4to. Mimeographed sheets, stapled at the edge. First edition thus. Cover by Joe Brainard. Limited to 300 numbered copies. Fine. Scarce item from the Fuck You Press. More
The Good Life.
East Hampton, NY: Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, [2003]. 4to. Softbound. One of 1000 copies published in conjunction with an exhibition. The wonderful world of books photographed by Prince with an essay by McWhinnie. Presentation copy inscribed by McWhinnie: "For---, The Good Life according to Glenn Horowitz Bookseller's inventory, seen through the... More
Naked Nurses.
NY: JMc & GHB editions, 2006. 16mo. First edition of this Paperback Original. An artists' book by Prince profusely illustrated throughout with images from sixties porn films. Fine. More
The D. H. Lawrence House at Chapala.
Ontario: Paget Press, 1980. Large folio. Broadside poem housed in a folder printed with gilt lettering. Limited to 44 numbered copies signed by the author, this copy is dated and there is also one correction to the text in Purdy's hand. Illustrated with a photograph of the plumed serpent tile... More
The Secret Integration.
[London: Aloes Books, 1980]. Pamphlet. First separate printing of this story that originally appeared in The Saturday Evening Post and later appeared as part of The Slow Learner collection. This copy is inscribed by Pynchon: "For Irving / Thomas Pynchon." Pynchon is notoriously reclusive avoiding photo opportunities and interviews and... More
The Great Hippie Hoax: A Scalding Indictment of the Phoney Movement That Has Trapped Thousands of Teenagers.
NY/London: Award Books/Tandem Books, [1968]. Magazine-format publication devoted to "stripping the petals off the Flower Children" revealing "them to be floundering in a cesspool of sex, half-crazed with weird drugs, parasitic, selfish, diseased..." Sensational, scathing attack on the hippie subculture with articles and first-person accounts of "orgiastic parties" and "sexual..... More
Small poster on card stock announcing the ''Dealer's Choice'' group show at the Dwan Gallery, 1963.
LA: Dwan Gallery, 1963. Charmingly illustrated with antique etchings of characters in 19th Century garb holding placards that list the particpants that included Arman, Bontecou, Dine, Kienholz, Klein, Lichtenstein, Oldenberg, Parker, Rauschenberg, Raysse, Reinhardt, Rivers, Rosenquist, and Tinguely. This is artist Ben Talbert's copy with his American flag stamp on... More
Original vintage print photograph of Lou Reed shooting up on stage at Winterland, 1974.
SF: Michael Zagaris, 1974. The photograph shows a blonde, bespectacled Lou Reed using the microphone cord to tie himself off while he injects a syringe into his right arm. This print is from the archive of Jon Goodchild, the original art director for OZ magazine until he was lured to... More
Thirty Spanish Poems of Love and Exile.
SF: City Lights, 1956. 16mo. Pamphlet. First edition. No. 2 in the beloved Pocket Poets Series. A fine, fresh, unusually crisp copy, basically as new. Very scarce in this condition. More
Dreams That Money Can Buy.
NY: Privately published by the author, 1947. Pamphlet. First edition. Cover illustration by Max Ernst. Imaginatively designed brochure for this landmark 1947 surrealist film directed by Hans Richter. One of the seven dream sequences in the film is devoted to Marcel Duchamp, others focus on Man Ray, Max Ernst, Hans... More